Major König

[Renéduret]

thank you Martin,

I must thank you in a mutual way, I finally found a good place to let equalminded people critisize our work.
The only headstart I had was the fact I am familiar with facial expressions due to my cartoonarts, was also my drawback.

There are some very good people here who know exactely how to comment, stimulate and have no doubt thing will turn out fine.

for myself, I'm not scared showing processes. It's always good to look at your posts when you're at work so you can contemplate about things when getting home

thanks again,
René

 

[Renéduret]

Part of the job

Since I don't have a 3D impression of major Konig I thought it would be nice to have a little study on eventual wrinkles and foils.
Besides that...I think it's also nice to introduce myself...

update soon coming!

René

 

[tissibzh]

are you playing air guitar rené!!

 

[Renéduret]

OMG, it's my natural, safe behaviouristic pose, regarding I am in fact a gitarist!!!!

sharply seen!!

 

[1969]

Self posing is always a good way to get the feel for the way individual fabrics react to different movement, just guessing really doesn't cut it and this will give you more realistic results.

Nice progress so far Rene and look forward to seeing more.

Cheers

Steve

 

[Renéduret]

every word you say is true Steve and I realize even more I am in good company now.

Working and contemplating with and on your sculpt sometimes make you realize you 'are' the sculpt.
It needs to be treated with the utmost caution all the time, something non-sculptors don't realize when scanning it in their lazy chairs.

I think a real sculptor has a lot of stamina, persistance and must be selective.

René

 

[Renéduret]

some wrinkles and folds...

 

[antonio argudo]

good job mate, I like those folds in the arms!!! its coming together very well this bust! nice classical guitars on the background, I also enjoy playing guitar! grettings Rene!
Antonio

 

[antonio argudo]

I also think Ed harris looks alot like Rommel, did u know this toy?
http://onlinedid.com/products/wwii/80071/
grettings

 

[Renéduret]

Yes Antonio,
I am familiar with this toy.
Nice sculpt, bad painting. But it's supposed to be a toy and handled this way.
When I start painting mine I will pay attention to shades and the faded grey Konig shows as in the movie.

my guitars ( not that it matters...) my Alhambra 6p which I equiped with the Fishman Equalizer plus condensator mic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4GsD_hCBFE

and recently the Ramirez S1, good sound !

it is well know Harris looks like Rommel, but Harris also looks like Magneto, Daniel Craig,..
Perhaps Ed will be casted for a movie about the live of Rommel....

are you still going steady with the Rommel bust?

rené

 

[antonio argudo]

wow you are a very talented guitar player, u rock! love your videos, I have started a bust of jimi hendrix in normal clay, I will post someday! I play a gibson custom les paul but I want a strato like Jimi lol!
good one about daniel Craig, never thought about that!
I did some big changes in my rommel bust, but I will show it when Im back from the weekend, so lets enjoy Halloween party huuuuu huuu!! Lol
thanks mate, keep the good!
Antonio

 

[Renéduret]

Jimmy Hendrix no less

I'm also planning some musicians but it's providing the instruments why I postpone it for a while.

On the other hand...once you've created a strat or a Martin or a Gibson...you can equip a lot of artists with them.

but still I am very curious about your Jimmy buste..

Regards,

René

 

[Renéduret]

some reduction of the wrinkles, the parka is a bit 'tighty'.
Flattening most of them, coming along fine.

René

 

[Renéduret]

Some correction on the caps eagle and added the cocarde.
Ranking made of copperwire, flattened.
Added the fluffy wool inside the jacket that's coming out a bit.
Pockets and buttons.

 

[Renéduret]

Little correction on the left collar ranking, hard to see now but I filled it up a bit after some reduction with my Proxxon.

that's all folks

René

 

[1969]

Your progress is very good René i like what you have done so far.

One thing to check is the distance between the busts left elbow to the edge of the sleeve, this distance looks a little too long on the side profile image compared to the distance from shoulder to elbow, maybe you still have to trim the cuff of the sleeve yet so i might be wrong.

Steve

 

[Renéduret]

Hi Steve,

thanks for your advise.
I had no trimming in mind, the sleeves of this parka seem to look a bit longer than others.
His hands may hide a bit in the sleeves, bet even then,...you still think they are too long in that case?

it's hard...for me, this measuring.

but I do like this parka

René

 

[pinsel]

hello
i too think the lower arms are too long in regards to the ellbow ower arm distance.neverless its looking very promising one sees the effort included.
iam interested how you will do the zeiss scope turretmount of the gun.if you need some detail pics i have an orginal here and can make some detailed pics how the mount does look in detail if you whish
cheers
cheers

 

[Renéduret]

Hello Markus,

I am really confused now...both distance shoulder/elbow as elbow/ end sleeve measure 4 cm.

Could it be it looks different because the parka is filled up inside? Or should I skip a few mm's at the end..?

I planned to let my proxxon rotate a piece of aluminium or copper and have a file shape this scope. I't my way to make grenades or candles.

Pictures are always wanted ofcourse Markus.
You can post them right here or send them to [email protected]

thanks in advance,

René

 

[martinmack]

Hi Rene,

This may or may not be of much help but if you compare the lines drawn along the centerline of the arm you can tell that the lower arm is longer. I don't have a way to accurately measure the actual length, but as a comparative illustration this might help to see what the other posters are referring to. I agree with the other guys that the lower arm looks a little long, and after you add the hand it will exagerate it even more. I really like this sculpt and I hope this helps a bit, if not, please feel free to completely ignore it! LOL